JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1920. 47 



49506 to 49521. 



From Poona, Bombay Presidency, India. Seeds presented by Dr. William 

 Burns, economic botanist. Bombay Department of Agriculture. Num- 

 bered March 26, 1920. 



49506. Andropogon caeicosus L. Poace*. Grass. 



A grass with erect stems, forming tufts at the rooting nodes of the 

 creeping base. The linear leaves are 6 to 8 inches long and the racemes 

 are pale green or silvery. Native to tropical Asia and Madagascar. 

 /Adapted from Cooke, Flora of Bombay, vol. 2. p. 987.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41886. 



49507. Andropogon caricosus L. Poacefe. Grass. 

 Received as Andropogon atvnulatus. 



49508. Andropogon pachyaethrus Hack. Poacese. Grass. 



An annual grass with linear glabrous leaves and slender stems, 6 to 

 18 inches high, suberect and decumbent below. Native of the East Indies 

 and Dekkan, India. (Adapted from Cooke, Flora of BomT)ay, vol. 2, p. 

 976.) 



Received as Andropogon pumili(.s. 



49509. Andropogon puepureo-sebiceus Hochst. Poace£e. Grass. 

 A robust annual grass with smooth and polished erect stems 3 to 4 feet 



high, and linear leaves 8 to 10 inches long. Native to Abyssinia. 

 (Adapted from Cooke. Flora of Boml>ay, vol. 2, p. 984.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41891. 



49510. Andropogon perttjsus (L.) Willd. Poacese. Grass. 



A perennial grass native to southern Asia and tropical and sub- 

 tropical Australia. One of the best grasses to withstand long droughts, 

 while it will bear any amount of feeding. It endures cold better than 

 some other Queensland Andropogons. and though not so palatable to pas- 

 ture animals as some other grasses it is valuable for the summer season, 

 when many others fail in the arid interior. It is of inferior value where 

 the best English grasses can be grown ; it is even apt to strangle them. 

 (Adapted from JIueller, Select Extra-Tropical Plants, p. 4^.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 34046. 



49511. Andropogon trinii Steud. Poacese. Grass. 

 (A. monticola trinii Hooker.) 



A perennial grass with slender culms. 1 to 3 feet high, in dense tufts 

 and with spreading branches at length erect. Native to India, the East 

 Indies, and tropical Africa. (Adapted from Tlilselton-Byer, Flora Capen- 

 sis, vol. 7, p. 3-'i9.) 



Received as Andropogon monticola. 



49512. Apluda abistata Torner. Poacese. Grass. 

 A creeping perennial grass, commonly found iu hedges or other shady 



places in the plains of northern India and in the Himalayas, ascending to 

 7,000 feet in altitude. It is used for fodder in the Banda district. 

 (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of Indiit-, 

 vol. 1, p. 272.) 



Received as Andropogon varia. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 41892. 



